Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] be in [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I kept thinking today how lucky I was , you see , how blessedly fortunate , with all I have , all that is so comfortable , all that makes me so — so much happier than I was , and then this evening I went to the Rectory and when I returned I was in my room and I looked out at the darkness and I thought of you and how lonely you must be after all the company and society you have known just recently and I thought — I thought — ’ |
| 2 | At first , customers kept their mouths shut not just because they signed nondisclosure agreements , but because they figured it was in their interest to do so . |
| 3 | Slowly he finished what was in his mouth , his eyes roaming the plate . |
| 4 | And I tell you just , what I just wan na do , is give you one one one thought which is in our motion . |
| 5 | Tess felt she was in his way and went to the kitchen . |
| 6 | But you come and try saying how stressed you are in my school and see how long you last . |
| 7 | Barrow , the former Liphook all-rounder , wants to continue playing Minor Counties cricket for Berkshire and felt it was in his interests to join a division one side . |
| 8 | ‘ I felt it was in our interests to renegotiate the deal . |
| 9 | Nan looked at him thoughtfully , as if she knew he was in her power now . |
| 10 | I knew it was in my heart . |
| 11 | I did n't think of her ; I ca n't say I went because I respected her decision or because I thought it was in her interest ; I knew it was n't in her interest , or mine , or ours . |
| 12 | Almost as if you understood what was in my mind when I designed them . ’ |
| 13 | Indirectly , she revealed what was in her mind — and mine — by saying , ‘ You know why we must return to England so soon after finding this peaceful sanctuary ? |
| 14 | I was met by a very respectful group of Gordon Highlanders when I visted Aberdeen recently , when I said that I would have been on the line as well had I been in their position . |
| 15 | Mrs Ellis , 41 , a nurse at St Michael 's and Courtaulds Hospitals in the town , said she was in her garden with her husband Chris and their two children , Katharyn , 12 , and Matthew , nine , when the incident happened . |
| 16 | ‘ Because she said we were in her house . ’ |
| 17 | Had he been in his place on Tuesday , when my right hon. Friend made the opening speech on the Loyal Address , he would have heard him say that the Government would introduce a measure to deal with the young thugs , as my hon. Friend calls them , who indulge in joyriding , a practice which hon. Members in all parts of the House deplore ; those young people will , therefore , be offending . |
| 18 | I only have one life … and while I slept it was in your hands . |
| 19 | I said it 's in my coat . |
| 20 | He said yeah , he said it 's in my bedroom . |
| 21 | The witness said he was in his caravan at an itinerant site on the Upper Glen Road when he was woken by the sound of gunfire . |
| 22 | And , like a little child , he stopped being careful and tense for a moment and said what was in his head , quite simply . |
| 23 | ‘ They were hungry men , ’ he said , ‘ and they wanted what was in my sack . ’ |